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TIL Texas is removing Thomas Jefferson from their history books as a founding father in favor for John Calvin.

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Jr6v TIL A funk band released an album on Spotify that consisted of 10 completely silent tracks. They encouraged their fans to play it on a loop in their sleep. They used the royalty money to fund an admission-free tour.
XEA9k TIL that most pencils are yellow because in the 1880s one manufacturer chose that color to indicate they were luxury pencils
xo8k TIL H.R. Giger (designer for the ‘Alien’ series) has two bars in Europe with the same amazing biomechanical design he used in the Alien movies.
4XmEJ TIL of Eric Erickson, a Swedish businessman who pretended to be devoted to the Nazis, but was really a spy for the American military. He made more than 30 trips to Germany between 1939-1945. He mapped out oil refineries that were later bombed. His family had disowned him for “supporting” Hitler.
JB7m TIL That Neil Degrasse Tyson won a gold medal in 1985 for Latin ballroom dancing.